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unparalleled

/ʌnˈpær.ə.leld/
un · par · al · leled
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unparalleled Lexical Profile

unparalleled Game Scores & Validity

• adjective

1

Having no parallel or equal; exceptional, supreme, or unprecedented in degree, quality, or scale.

Example

"The archive offers researchers unparalleled access to rare fifteenth-century manuscripts."

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Word Nuance & Usage

'Unparalleled' is frequently misspelled with two 'l's at the end ('unparallelled'); in both American and modern British English, only the middle 'l' is doubled.

• Nearby Words

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Word Origin & Etymology

Coined in the late 16th century from the prefix 'un-' and 'paralleled', itself derived from the Greek 'parallēlos' ('beside one another').

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Wordmom. (2026). Definition of Unparalleled. In Wordmom Dictionary. Retrieved Nov 5, 2026, from https://wordmom.com/dictionary/unparalleled
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